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FORGIVING Antonyms

There are 19 antonyms of the word forgiving. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For FORGIVING

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cruel
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

exacting
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

adjective satellite

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• requiring precise accuracy

firm
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

adverb

• with resolute determination

adjective satellite

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

verb

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

harsh
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

adjective satellite

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

implacable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• incapable of being placated

merciless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or showing no mercy

pitiless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without mercy or pity

• deficient in humane and kindly feelings

relentless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• never-ceasing

retaliatory
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of or relating to or having the nature of retribution

ruthless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without mercy or pity

severe
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

stern
adjectiveadj
noun

• the rear part of a ship

• United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

adjective satellite

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• severely simple

unforgiving
adjectiveadj
adjective

• unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy

adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

unmerciful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or showing no mercy

unrelenting
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• punishingly harsh

• never-ceasing

unsparing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very generous

• not forbearing; ruthless

unyielding
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

vengeful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

vindictive
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

• showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

Alternatives for CRUEL

Alternatives for EXACTING

Alternatives for FIRM

Alternatives for HARSH

Alternatives for IMPLACABLE

Alternatives for MERCILESS

Alternatives for PITILESS

Alternatives for RELENTLESS

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